Dànyǐlǐshū 8:6

6 Tā wǎng wǒ suǒ kànjian , zhàn zaì hé bian yǒu shuāng jiǎo de gōng miányáng nàli qù , dà fā fèn nù , xiàng tā zhí chuǎng .

Dànyǐlǐshū 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 8:6

And he came to the ram that had two horns
Alexander being chosen and made by the states of Greece captain general of all Greece against the Persians, marched from thence with his army, passed the Hellespont, and entered into the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, signified by the ram with two horns, and came up to Darius Codomannus, possessed of this large monarchy, and at the head of a numerous army: which I had seen standing before the river;
the river Ulai, near to Shushan, the royal seat of the kings of Persia; here Darius stood in his royal majesty and dignity, as the defender of his empire, and unconcerned at the attempt of Alexander, having nothing to fear, as he thought, from such a puny adversary: and ran unto him in the fury of his power;
or, "heat of his power" ^F2; which denotes the haste Alexander made with his army into Asia; his eager desire, and the fervour of his mind to engage with the Persians: the historian says, that he passed the Hellespont into Asia, "incredibli ardore mentis accensus"; fired with an incredible ardour of mind: and a little after, having conquered the rebels of Pisidia, he marched against Darius, "summo mentis ardore"; with the greatest ardour of mind, and with no less alacrity ^F3; which exactly agrees with the sacred text. The running of the he goat to the ram in a hostile way is described in allusion to the manner of those creatures when they fight with one another, or attack an enemy.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wxk tmxb) "fervore virtutis suae", Munster; "cum ardore virium suarum", Cocceius; "in aestu robaris sui", Michaelis.
F3 Supplem. in Curt. l. 2. p. 26, 28.

Dànyǐlǐshū 8:6 In-Context

4 Wǒ jiàn nà gōng miányáng wǎng xī , wǎng bĕi , wǎng nán dǐ chù . shòu zaì tā miànqián dōu zhàn lì bù zhù , yĕ méiyǒu néng jiù hù tuōlí tā shǒu de . dàn tā rènyì ér xíng , zì gāo zì dà .

5 Wǒ zhēng sīxiǎng de shíhou , jiàn yǒu yī zhī gōng shānyáng cóng xī ér lái , biàn xíng quán dì , jiǎo bú zhān chén . zhè shānyáng liǎng yǎn dāngzhōng yǒu yī fēicháng de jiǎo .

6 Tā wǎng wǒ suǒ kànjian , zhàn zaì hé bian yǒu shuāng jiǎo de gōng miányáng nàli qù , dà fā fèn nù , xiàng tā zhí chuǎng .

7 Wǒ jiàn gōng shānyáng jiù jìn gōng miányáng , xiàng tā fā liè nù , dǐ chù tā , zhé duàn tā de liǎng jiǎo . miányáng zaì tā miànqián shān lì bù zhù . tā jiāng miányáng chù dǎo zaì dì , yòng jiǎo jiàntà , méiyǒu néng jiù miányáng tuōlí tā shǒu de .

8 Zhè shānyáng jíqí zì gāo zì dà , zhēng qiángshèng de shíhou , nà dà jiǎo zhé duàn le , yòu zaì jiǎo gēn shang xiàng tiān de sìfāng ( fāng yuánwén zuò fēng ) zhǎng chū sì gè fēicháng de jiǎo lái .